-een suffix1.
[i:n][Repr. French -ine.]Forming names of fabrics, usu. of an inferior or coarser quality than that denoted by the root word, as
sateen,
velveteen.
-een suffix2.
[i:n][Repr. Irish -ín dim. suffix.]Used in adoptions of Irish diminutives, as
colleen,
dudeen,
poteen,
spalpeen, and in (orig. Irish) formations on English words, as
buckeen,
squireen.
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